SSL, banks, was Re: [plug] StarOffice

[Mike Holland]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Darrell Horrocks wrote:

> Not sure about now, but CBA used to have a exe that you use to run to
> connect to the server.  Of course it was a windows only thing.  I

That has been replaced with SSL. The old one worked under wine, badly.

> ANZ uses a pretty standard 128 bit SSL implementation (fine under

And its no longer ridiculously slow either.

> Linux) but <RANT> neglects to mention to the general user (under FAQ
> or elsewhere) that the standard international browser only supports 64
> bit encryption.

Not quite true. Some exceptions are allowed, such as banks.
And I think you meant 40 bit, not 64.

> Good thing that there are places like fortify.net that can help
> (netscape only, but all the platforms).

fortify makes no difference to the bank site. They are 128 bit.

regards,

Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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